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How to talk about “AI” without adding to the...

Essay proposes linguistic alternatives to anthropomorphic AI terminology.

How to talk about “AI” without adding to the anthropomorphization. Suggestions: “artificial intelligence → probabilistic automation” & “AI agent → probabilistic, unverified software manipulator”. Seem

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